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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY SANDERS, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 19,048, dated January 5, 1858i.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SANDERS, of Utica, in the count-y Of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manner of Constructing Harness-Pads, of which the following is a full description.

The usual mode of making harness pads is tO construct them entirely from leather, the different parts being sewed or stitched together, requiring expert workmen, a great amount of labor and expenditure Of time in their construction, tO Obviate which however pads have been made by securing the edges Of the leather between two plates of metal, but in such manner that the pad when Once completed cannot be removed for the purpose of restuffing it without rupturing Or tearing the leather Or injuring the plates by which it is clasped, and only then at the eX- pense of great labor and consumption of valuable time. My improvement is intended mainly to remedy these defects and it consists in securing the leather, which when stuffed with hair or other suit-able material forms the pad, between the flanges Of two plates of metal which fit into one another so as to give them a stronghold Of the edges Of the leather when seasoned together, the upper plate being so constructed and arranged in relation to the lower one as to form the outside finish of the pad, thus Obviating the necessity as with all Others of the kind of making a leather finish. By securing the pad between two plates so constructed as to confine it securely between them, the harness maker is enabled to take the pad readily to pieces and put it together again without injury, for any purpose which he may deem advisable.

To enable .Others skilled in the art to make and construct my invention I will now proceed to describe it in detail reference being had t-O the accompanying drawing making part Of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of the top plates A of pad irons connectedtogether by means Of the yoke (C) to which the pad hook (a) is secured. In the plates (A) are formed holes having screwthreads cut in them into which the screw end of the terrets (c) and pad screws (d) take, by which the top plates (A) are firmly secured to the lower plates (B) Fig. 2, between whch the edges Of the leather that forms the pad are secured, there being flanges (e and f) formed around'the edges of both plates (A and B) whereby a firm hold is given to them on the leather. These plates are made to correspond in shape with each other and the form of the pad, the upper plate (A) being made slightly smaller than the lower one (B) so as to fit within its fianges (f). In the lower plate (B) are also formed screw holes (b) corresponding with those formed in the upper for the reception Of the terret and pad screws.

Figs. 3 and 4 represent the pads stuffed and the leather drawn over the lower plate (B) in readiness for the application Of the upper plates, which when secured to the lower ones by the terret and pad screws the pad is completed. Fig. 5 represents a transverse vertical section of one of these pads as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The manner of making the pad and attaching the leather to the pad is as follows. The leather is first cut in proper shape for the purpose and then drawn over a former of the required shape of the pad, and lower plate, which is placed upon it with the flanged side upmost and properly secured between the latter and upper plate by screws or Otherwise, after which this former is withdrawn, it being for this purpose made in parts t-Ongued and grooved into each other, the middle or straight piece being first withdrawn and then the outer pieces. The leather thus secured is now ready to be stuffed which may be effected in any suitable manner. When stuffed that part of the leather which forms the end of the pad through which the former was withdrawn is then replaced between the two plates (A` and B) and the latter secured firmly together by the terrets (c) and pad screws (d) which finished the pad.

Having thus fully described my invention in harness pads and the manner of constructing them what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The flanged plates (A and B) when constructed and arranged in relation to each other in the manner substantially as and fOr the purposes set forth.

HENRY SANDERS.

Witnesses CHAS. W. SAYRE, JOHN E. JONES. 

